All Articles by David Cook

News UK, owner of The Sun and The Times newspapers, is set to launch an online sportsbook brand in the UK after signing an agreement to partner with Australian operator…

The home and office owned by the man attributed as the founder of crypto-currency bitcoin has reportedly been raided by federal Australian police. Police said that the raids on Craig…

John Kelly’s appointment as chairman of Ladbrokes has been described as “ironical” by an informed gambling consultant. The operator announced last Friday that Kelly would replace Peter Erskine with immediate…

John Kelly has been appointed as chairman of Ladbrokes and will take over from Peter Erskine with immediate effect, after being tasked with finding Erskine’s replacement himself. Kelly, a former…

Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) chairman Peter Schoenke has accused the state of New York of holding a misguided view of daily fantasy sports (DFS) and thinks opponents of the…

GVC Holdings CEO Kenny Alexander has dismissed the idea that BwinParty took more risk in allowing GVC to purchase the operator ahead of 888 Holdings. The online gaming group is…

Total gross revenue for Macau casinos in November marks the second month out of three where the total has been at its lowest point in five years. A total of…

Paddy Power CEO Andy McCue could be paid millions of euros should he choose to leave the enlarged Paddy Power Betfair group after the planned merger of the two operators…

The non-remote British gambling industry generated gross gambling yield (GGY) of £5.44bn for the period April 2014 to March 2015, marking a fifth consecutive annual increase. That was one of…

Ladbrokes shareholders have voted in favour of its planned merger with Gala Coral, despite public opposition to the merger being expressed by Irish billionaire Dermot Desmond. The operators announced the…